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" (J) To appoint technical committees composed of such private 
citizens and omcials of the Federal , State , and local governments as it 
deems desirable to advise it with respect to its f unctions under the law 
subject to its jurisdiction, and to pay such members ( other them those 
regularly employed by the Federal Government ) while attending 
meetings of such committees, or otherwise serving at the request of the 
Commission, compensation and travel expenses at the rate provided 
for in paragraph (2) of this subsection with respect to experts and 
consultants. 
"(c) The Commission may publish and disseminate to the public 
such reports, information, recommendations, and other material re- 
lating to its functions , activities, and studies as it deems appropriate. 
"(d) The Commission may enter into contracts for the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of this title. 
"(e) The Commission may conduct and support training of person- 
nel of the Commission for purposes of carrying out the provisions of 
this title. 
"(f) The Commission shall not delegate any of the duties and func- 
tions vested in it under this part, including the functions and duties 
respecting licensing and inspection, of facilities to any indivdual who 
is not an employee of the Commission, or to any partnership, corpora- 
tion . association, or to any Federal, State, or local government entity. 
"(g) The Commission shall require such periods of time for the 
retention and maintenance of records required under this title as 
the Commission determines are necessary and appropriate. 
l ' DISCLOSURE OF DATA 
"Sec. 1817. (a) General . — Except as provided by subsection (b), 
any information reported to, or otherwise obtained by, the Commission 
or any representative of the Commission, under this title , which is 
exempt from disclosure pursuant to subsection (a) of section 552 of 
title 5. United States Code, by reason of subsection (b)(4) of such 
section, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of 
this title, not be disclosed by the Commission or by any officer or em- 
ployee of the United States, except that such information — 
"(1) shall be disclosed to any officer or employee of the United 
States — 
“(J.) in connection with the official duties of such oncer 
or employee under any law for the protection of health or 
the environment, or 
"(B) for specific law enforcement purposes; 
" (2) shall be disclosed to contractors with the Commission and 
employees of such contractors if in the opinion of the Commission 
such disclosure is necessary for the satisfactory performance of 
the work of such contractor in connection with this title and under 
such conditions as the Commission may specify: 
u (3) shall be disclosed if it is necessary to protect health or 
the environment against an unreasonable risk of injury to health 
or the environment; or 
"(4) may be disclosed when relevant in any proceeding under 
this title, except that discolsure in such proceeding shall be made 
in such manner as to preserve confiderdiality to the extent practic- 
able without impairing the proceeding. 
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